The state government is considering reducing the winter vacation in the Valley this year to compensate the losses faced by the students due to five-month-long unrest. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Aijaz Ahmad Bhat said due to five months of loss in regular classes, the regular work of students would continue till December-end. “For now we will try to keep the schools open at least until the end of December for all classes or till the weather allows us. For students of IX to XII we may continue the…
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Div Com assures students of respite : Fee Controversy
Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir Baseer Ahmed Khan Friday assured student community that administration will find ways and means to lessen the burden of parents who are being asked by private schools to pay the dues for the months when Valley witnessed unrest, strike and curfew. Jammu Kashmir Students Welfare Association presented a memorandum to Divisional Commissioner Kashmir seeking his intervention into the much important matter. Association alleged that some private schools are denying the study material to the students till they clear their fees despite the schools have remained…
Read MoreTake concrete measures or blood will continue to spill over: Syed Ali Geelani
Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani expressed his deep concern over the loss of precious lives in recent shelling on the line of control (LoC) and said unless Kashmir dispute is resolved in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of people, the risk of collision between the two nuclear powers will remain, which will be devastating not only for the region but whole world. “To mislead their own people and international community LoC is being kept hot and tense so that gross human rights violations and barbarism by the…
Read MoreStop promoting monopolistic practices in purchase of books, uniforms: DSEK to Pvt Educational Institutions
The Government has asked private educational institutions not to compel their students to purchase uniforms/books/stationary items from within the schools or from the shops/agencies nominated by them.school bags While terming the practice as unethical and anti-people, Director School Education Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Friday issued a circular in this regard. According to the circular, all Chief Education Officers have been ordered to direct all the heads of Private Schools to refrain from any such practices forthwith. He said disciplinary action as warranted under rules shall be taken against any private…
Read MoreRiver waters to be stopped from going waste in Pakistan: PM on Indus Water Treaty
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the waters of Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers that rightfully belong to India will be stopped from going waste in Pakistan and he will ensure that farmers here utilise it. ” Indus Water Treaty— Sutlej, Beas, Ravi — the waters in these rivers belong to India and our farmers. It is not being used in the fields of Pakistan but flowing into the sea through Pakistan. “Now every drop of this water will be stopped and I will give that to farmers of…
Read MoreBan Ki-moon, deeply concerned about LoC Situation
“The UN stands by the people of the region and supports all efforts to reach durable peace and security,” said the statement. Deeply concerned over the “deterioration” in situation along the Line of Control in Kashmir, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restoration of stability in the region, saying the world body supports “all efforts” to reach “durable” peace and security. “The secretary-general is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation along the Line of Control in Kashmir in recent days,” a United Nations statement attributed to his…
Read MoreKashmir is not India’s personal property to be inherited: Farooq Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Friday, while cautioning the Indian government, said that Kashmir is not India’s “personal property to be inherited”, News18.com reported. Farooq Abdullah was commenting on the Indian parliament’s standing resolution on Kashmir. “Is this your forefathers property?” He was addressing a gathering in Chenab Valley, in the presence of his son and Omar Abdullah, who has also served as Kashmir’s chief minister. Farooq Abdullah also said that Pakistan is one of the stakeholders of the Kashmir issue which even the government of…
Read MoreProtests, Restrictions disrupt life across Valley on 140th Day, Jamia Masjid holds Friday prayers after 20 weeks
Restrictions were enforced in downtown and other sensitive areas in major towns of the Kashmir valley to prevent protests after Friday prayers amid shutdown, while a relatively thin movement of traffic was observed on 140th day of unrest today. Protest demonstrations were held in downtown Srinagar and some other places after the Friday prayers today. The protesters raising slogans threw stones on the police and CRPF personnel deployed in large numbers in the downtown localities. The police lobbed teargas shells to quell the demonstrators and maintain law and order in…
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